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Ken Blanchard

Best-Selling Author of 31 Books Such As Whale Done!, Raving Fans, and The One Minute Manager


Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today.

When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. His unique gift is to speak to an audience and communicate with each person as if they were alone and talking one on one. He is a polished storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to understand.

From his phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than 12 million copies and remains on best-seller lists, to the library of books coauthored with Sheldon Bowles, Raving Fans, Gung Ho!, Big Bucks!, and High Five!, Ken’s impact as a writer is far reaching.

He wrote his latest book, Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations, with the founding associates and consulting partners of The Ken Blanchard Companies. This definitive “Blanchard on Leadership” combines more than 25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book.

Ken is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California. He is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Ken is cofounder of The Center for FaithWalk Leadership, which is dedicated to helping leaders walk their talk in the marketplace.

Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management leadership and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the “Council of Peers Award of Excellence.” He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. And in 2004 Ken was awarded with The Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISA The Association of Learning Providers.


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Topics:
Business, Change, Customer Service, Inspiration, Leadership

Domestic Keynote Fee Range*:
Over $40,000

Travel Origin:
California, US

Perfect for:
Entrepreneurs, Management, Sales, Senior Executives

Your audience will:
•  Apply the ABCs of Performance Management
•  Create an action plan to further develop productive, positive relationships
•  Learn how to define a service vision
•  Understand why teams are important and what individuals and organizations can do to build successful ones
•  Learn foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace


*Speaker fees vary based on event location, program duration and other factors, and are subject to change without notice. Please contact us for an accurate fee quote for your event.


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Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today.

When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. His unique gift is to speak to an audience and communicate with each person as if they were alone and talking one on one. He is a polished storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to understand.

From his phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than 12 million copies and remains on best-seller lists, to the library of books coauthored with Sheldon Bowles, Raving Fans, Gung Ho!, Big Bucks!, and High Five!, Ken’s impact as a writer is far reaching.

He wrote his latest book, Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations, with the founding associates and consulting partners of The Ken Blanchard Companies. This definitive “Blanchard on Leadership” combines more than 25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book.

Ken is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California. He is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Ken is cofounder of The Center for FaithWalk Leadership, which is dedicated to helping leaders walk their talk in the marketplace.

Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management leadership and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the “Council of Peers Award of Excellence.” He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. And in 2004 Ken was awarded with The Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISA The Association of Learning Providers.

Creating Raving Fans

Ken Blanchard’s “Raving Fans” presentation teaches how to define a service vision, learn what a customer really wants, institute effective systems, and make stunning customer service a competitive advantage not just another “flavor of the month” program.

This presentation is a must for organizations around the world and is a necessity for those who are serious about survival and service excellence.

Whale Done!

Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships highlights how catching people doing things right and redirecting negative behavior are two of the most effective tools to increase productivity, build trust, create high commitment and motivation, retain your best workers, promote positive customer relationships, and sustain your competitive advantage. The basics of Whale Done! are described with an emphasis on the first key principle;Building Trust. The ABCs of Performance ManagementActivators, Behaviors, and Consequences are defined and experienced through case studies.

Teambuilding: High Five!

High Five! delivers High Productivity, High Morale, and High Performance.

Regrettably, only small pockets of most organizations truly contain high performing teams. Ken Blanchard believes all of your teams should be winners. Don’t You?

Grounded in one of Ken and Sheldon Bowles’ new acronyms, P.U.C.K. and the P.E.R.F.O.R.M. model in Blanchard’s Building High Performing Teams process, this presentation combines the spellbinding charm of a timeless parable with cutting-edge information about why teams are important and what individuals and organizations can do to build successful ones.

Leadership in Tough Times: Ethical Dilemmas

This is truly bottom-line ethics for the manager faced with the new workforce who demand an ethical role model in the tightest labor market our nation has ever experienced.

GUNG HO! Turning People on in Your Organization

Based on the runaway #1 national best-seller that started it all — Gung Ho! is a wonderful program that is packed with invaluable information, demonstrated through a compelling story.

Ken Blanchard shares invaluable management lessons that outline foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace.

Once again you were outstanding! Only a true professional could be so motivational, entertaining, and educational all at the same time. Thank you so much for always giving 200% of yourself. — Estee Lauder

Your material is great, but the strength of it is really in your ability to deliver it with just the right amount of humor, making it far more enjoyable, easier to absorb, and therefore more impactful. — Concepts Worldwide

All I can say is 'WOW.' We could not have asked for a better ending to our meeting. — Marriot International Inc

"You definitely made an impact on our division. Our managers will be creating Raving Fans for many years to come." — Vice President, Publix Supermarkets, Inc.

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